Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's water polo
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates August 22–29
Competitors 99 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Great Britain
 Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Belgium
 Belgium
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sweden
 Sweden

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze
 Great Britain
Charles Sydney Smith
Paul Radmilovic
Charles Bugbee
Noel Purcell
Christopher Jones
William Peacock
William Henry Dean
 Belgium
Albert Durant
Gérard Blitz
Maurice Blitz
Joseph Pletinckx
Paul Gailly
Pierre Nijs
René Bauwens
Pierre Dewin
 Sweden
Harald Julin
Robert Andersson
Vilhelm Andersson
Erik Bergqvist
Max Gumpel
Pontus Hanson
Erik Andersson
Nils Backlund
Theodor Nauman
Torsten Kumfeldt[lower-alpha 1]

Results

Gold medal round

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
     Great Britain (GBR) 9  
 Spain (ESP) 1      Spain (ESP) 0  
 Italy (ITA) 1[lower-alpha 2]        Great Britain (GBR) 7  
       United States (USA) 2  
     United States (USA) 7  
     Greece (GRE) 0  
       Great Britain (GBR) 3
 Belgium (BEL) 11        Belgium (BEL) 2
 Switzerland (SUI) 0      Belgium (BEL) 2  
     Netherlands (NED) 1  
       Belgium (BEL) 5  
 Sweden (SWE) 11        Sweden (SWE) 3  
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0      Sweden (SWE) 7      
 Brazil (BRA) 5      Brazil (BRA) 3      
 France (FRA) 1  

Silver medal round

Semifinals Final
 United States (USA) 5  
 Spain (ESP) 0      United States (USA) 2
     Belgium (BEL) 7
 

Bronze medal round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
     Sweden (SWE) 9  
 Netherlands (NED) 7      Netherlands (NED) 1  
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0        Sweden (SWE) 5
       United States (USA) 0
     United States (USA) 7
 Greece (GRE) 5      Greece (GRE) 0    
 Italy (ITA) 1  

Notes

  1. This competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown by Wudarski/de Wael/Mallon/Kamper. He probably played two matches.
  2. Italy forfeited the match in extra time.

References

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